Welcome
Steering Committee Charge
Planetary Solutions: Establishing a Vision and Themes
A message to the Yale Planetary Solutions Steering Committee from Scott Strobel, Provost, and Jack Callahan, Vice President of Operations.
News & Updates
New 2024 Planetary Solutions Seed Grants Announced
Turning Knowledge into Action for Positive Action
With Climate Targets in Mind, Yale Gets ‘Zero Carbon Ready’
Yale is preparing for a future where every building on campus will be highly energy efficient and capable of meeting its needs for heating, cooling, and electricity without the use of fossil fuels.
No single discipline can solve the complex environmental challenges we face—climate change and biodiversity loss, health and economic disruption—at the pace required. By identifying productive connections across disciplines, the Planetary Solutions Project can accelerate the development of approaches that work.
About
Solutions to Match the Scale of the Problems
At Yale, we are developing ways to improve life now, and for the next 10, 20, and 100 years. We must reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, save species from extinction, create and deploy affordable clean energy, and enact political, economic, health, and legal changes that establish just, equitable systems across the globe.
Work
Insights from One Field Drive Breakthroughs in Another
By bringing Yale’s exceptional capabilities together, we can make progress on the most daunting challenges human civilization has ever faced. We are exploring artificial photosynthesis to turn sunlight into liquid fuel. We are using genetic techniques to help threatened species adapt to rapid environmental changes. We are identifying nature-based methods of capturing carbon. And we are integrating diverse data streams to build policy tools supporting global climate action.
News & Updates
Yale sets New Carbon Reduction Targets, Takes Divestment Steps
Yale plans to reach zero carbon emissions by 2050, and net zero emissions by 2035 after offsets and other campus reductions in emissions are factored in.
Moving Toward an Inclusive Architecture
“Given the global climate crisis, an architecture of the greater good is concerned about our shared environmental future.” In this interview, Deborah Berke, dean of the School of Architecture, describes new sustainability and diversity work at the school.
Upcoming Events
Friday, April 26, 2024 - 3:00pm | Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies Lecture — Timothy Lyons: "Lakes in crisis: The global challenge of shrinking lakes in arid and semi-arid regions—causes, consequences, and lessons learned from the Salton Sea" | |
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 - 9:30am | Yale Climate Day 2024 | |
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 - 2:30pm | Spring 2024 Environmental Humanities Graduate Symposium | |
Wednesday, May 29, 2024 - 9:00am | Yale Innovation Summit 2024 |